"Water Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for granting fishing licenses and fish populations in rehabilitation programs, developing Ahmadgiah attempts to improve fishing technology to reduce the costs of fishing. There are now several fishing ports; Fishing in Israel Fishing in Israel is a branch of the Israeli economy with historical significance. The three main natural fishing zones are the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). A fourth area that was once historically significant, Lake Hula, no longer exists, as it was drained in the 1950s. In addition, aquaculture the growth of fish in ponds"
"also changed. The modern Hebrew name, ""Kinneret"", comes from the Hebrew Bible, the main source of the Christian Old Testament, where it appears as the ""sea of Kinneret"" in and , spelled כנרות ""Kinnerot"" in Hebrew in . This name was also found in the scripts of Ugarit, in the Aqhat Epic. ""Kinneret"" was listed among the ""fenced cities"" in . A persistent, though likely erroneous, popular etymology of the name presumes that the name ""Kinneret"" may originate from the Hebrew word ""kinnor"" (""harp"" or ""lyre"") in view of the shape of the lake. The scholarly consensus, however, is that"
"from Syria in the Six-Day War. The Sea of Galilee (also called the Kinneret) is Israel's largest and most important freshwater lake, located in the northeast of the country. The pear-shaped lake is long from north to south, with a maximum width of in the north, covering . The Kinneret lies below sea level and reaches depths of . In a previous geological epoch the lake was part of a large inland sea which extended from the Hula marshes in northern Israel to south of the Dead Sea. The bed of the lake forms part of the Jordan Rift Valley."
"Kinneret (archaeological site) Kinneret () is the name of an important Bronze and Iron Age city situated on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, mentioned in the Old Testament and New Testament, and in the Aqhat Epic of Ugarit. Older Bible translations name Kinneret alternatively Kinnereth or Chinnereth, and sometimes in the plural as Chinneroth. The name became Gennesaret and Ginosar (). The remains of Kinneret have been excavated at a site called Tell el-'Oreimeh in Arabic and Tel Kinrot in Modern Hebrew. Due to its prominence, the city gave its name to the lake for long periods"
"it, as a separate and autonomous project. The name of Moshavat Kinneret derives from an ancient Canaanite town, which was however located close to the other, northern end of the lake's western shore. According to the Hebrew Bible, the town of Kinneret fell into the allotment of the tribe of Naphtali (Joshua 19:35), while the area of modern Moshavat Kinneret was probably also part of Naphtali, or (depending on interpretation) of Issachar or Zebulun. In the Hebrew Bible the Sea of Galilee was named ""Yam Kinneret"", lit. the Sea of Kinneret, another reason for the name chosen for the moshava."
"200805-1252830; ca. 32.87000 N, 35.539312 E. Kinneret was a town allotted to the tribe of Naphtali (). The name appears in the singular form as ""Kinneret"" (, ) or in the plural as ""Kinneroth"" (). In the New Testament the name appears changed to Gennesaret (). This city or area is also a place where Jesus visited and performed healing. To quote from the Douay-Rheims Bible, which uses the form ""Genesar"" (see Gospel of Matthew), Flavius Josephus, as well as the Babylonian Talmud mention the lake by the name ""Sea of Ginosar"" after the small fertile plain of Ginosar that"
"Naphtali, or (depending on interpretation) of Issachar or Zebulun. In the Bible, the Sea of Galilee is called ""Yam Kinneret"", lit. Sea of Kinneret. Kvutzat Kinneret, like Degania Alef, evolved from the agricultural training farm founded in 1908 known as ""Havat Kinneret"" (Kinneret Farm) or ""Hatzer Kinneret"" (Kinneret Courtyard). The ""kvutza"", or 'group', was established within the Kinneret Farm in 1913 by a small number of idealistic pioneers who believed in the communal way of life and sharing all material goods. In 1929, the group settled at their current, permanent location higher up the hill. Kinneret is the only kibbutz"
"fields, across the road from the Yardenit baptismal site. Kvutzat Kinneret Kvutzat Kinneret () (also Kibbutz Kinneret) is a kibbutz in northern Israel founded in 1913. Located to the southwest of the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias and next to Moshavat Kinneret, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In it had a population of . The name Kinneret derives from an ancient Canaanite town close to the northern end of the lake's western shore. According to the Hebrew Bible, the town of Kinneret was part of the allotment of the tribe of Naphtali (). The site"
"in Isaiah 8:23 (or 9:1 in different Biblical versions) is in the construct state, """"g'lil hagoyim"""", meaning ""Galilee of the Nations"", i.e. the part of Galilee inhabited by Gentiles at the time that the book was written. The region in turn gave rise to the English name for the ""Sea of Galilee"" referred to as such in many languages including ancient Arabic. In the Hebrew language, the lake is referred to as Kinneret (Numbers 34:11, etc.), from Hebrew ""kinnor"", ""harp"", describing its shape, Lake of Gennesaret (Luke 5:1, etc.), from Ginosar (Hebrew) ""ge"", ""valley"", and either ""netser"", ""branch"", or ""natsor"","
"of history, as the Sea of Kinneret, Kinnerot, Gennesaret, or Ginosar, the last two mirroring the transformation of the name. ""Gennesaret"" is the Grecized form of Kinneret. Other places around the lake rose to prominence, such as Tiberias and Qasr al-Minya, and the lake's name changed to Lake Tiberias or Lake Minya. The name has also been used for the ""Plain of Gennesaret"", which stretches south of the ancient city. The plain's modern names are Plain of Ginosar in Hebrew and el-Ghuweir in Arabic. The Israeli Kibbutz Ginosar derives its name from the ancient town, though it is not located"
"the lake's ecology over the span of several years. As such, the amount planned to be drawn in 2016 for Israeli domestic water use is expected to be less than 10% of the amount commonly drawn on an annual basis in the decades before the mid-2010s. Sea of Galilee The Sea of Galilee (, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ), Kinneret or Kinnereth, Lake of Gennesaret, or Lake Tiberias, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is approximately in circumference, about long, and wide. Its area is at its fullest, and its maximum depth is approximately 43 m (141 feet). At"
"the origin of the name lies with the important Bronze and Iron Age city of Kinneret, excavated at Tell el-'Oreimeh. However, there is no evidence that the city of Kinneret itself was not named after the body of water rather than vice versa, or for the origin of the town's name. All Old and New Testament writers use the term ""sea"" (Hebrew יָם ""yam"", Greek θάλασσα), with the exception of Luke who calls it ""the Lake of Gennesaret"" (), from the Greek λίμνη Γεννησαρέτ (""limnē Gennēsaret""), the ""Grecized form of Chinnereth"" according to Easton (1897). The Babylonian Talmud, as well"
"lies at the foot of Tell el-'Oreimeh, ancient Kinneret. Josephus refers to the area as having very rich soil. Francis Thompson's poem of apparent contradictions, ""The Kingdom of God"", begins 'O world invisible, we view thee' and ends with the line ""And lo, Christ walking on the water, not of Gennesaret, but Thames!"" Kinneret (archaeological site) Kinneret () is the name of an important Bronze and Iron Age city situated on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, mentioned in the Old Testament and New Testament, and in the Aqhat Epic of Ugarit. Older Bible translations name Kinneret alternatively"
"Yardenit Yardenit (), also known as the Yardenit Baptismal Site, is a baptism site located along the Jordan River in the Galilee region of northern Israel, which is frequented by Christian pilgrims. The site is located south of the river's outlet from the Sea of Galilee, near Kibbutz Kvutzat Kinneret, which owns and manages the site. According to Christian tradition, the baptism of Jesus (Matthew, 3: 13-17) took place in Qasr el Yahud, north of the Dead Sea and east of Jericho. For centuries, Qasr el Yahud was the most important baptism site for pilgrims, and monasteries and guest houses"
"on its precise site. The settlements of Moshavat Kinneret and Kvutzat Kinneret are on the southwestern shore of the lake. The site of the fortified Bronze and Iron Age city of Kinneret is at the mound known in Arabic as Tell el-'Oreimeh and in modern Hebrew as Tel Kinrot, halfway between Capernaum and Magdala. Situated on an important trade route, its elevated position meant that it also overlooked and guarded the Plain of Ginosar from its northern end. The tell is being excavated as part of a large archaeological project which is ongoing since 2002. It has the ICS Coordinates:"
"Sea of Galilee The Sea of Galilee (, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ), Kinneret or Kinnereth, Lake of Gennesaret, or Lake Tiberias, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is approximately in circumference, about long, and wide. Its area is at its fullest, and its maximum depth is approximately 43 m (141 feet). At levels between and below sea level, it is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth and the second-lowest lake in the world (after the Dead Sea, a saltwater lake). The lake is fed partly by underground springs although its main source is the Jordan River which flows"
"Kvutzat Kinneret Kvutzat Kinneret () (also Kibbutz Kinneret) is a kibbutz in northern Israel founded in 1913. Located to the southwest of the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias and next to Moshavat Kinneret, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In it had a population of . The name Kinneret derives from an ancient Canaanite town close to the northern end of the lake's western shore. According to the Hebrew Bible, the town of Kinneret was part of the allotment of the tribe of Naphtali (). The site of the modern kibbutz was probably also part of"
"Kinneret, Israel Kinneret (, also known as Moshavat Kinneret to distinguish it from the neighbouring settlement of Kvutzat Kinneret (which is organised as a kibbutz) is a moshava on the southwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Located in the north of the Jordan Valley, 6 kilometers south of Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. The village sits at around 185 meters below sea level, and in it had a population of . Kinneret Farm, an experimental training farm, was founded in 1908, at the same time as the moshava and adjacent to"
"Avraham Herzfeld and Shmuel Stoller. The first grave was dug in 1911 for Menahem Shmueli (Mamashi). Kinneret, Israel Kinneret (, also known as Moshavat Kinneret to distinguish it from the neighbouring settlement of Kvutzat Kinneret (which is organised as a kibbutz) is a moshava on the southwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Located in the north of the Jordan Valley, 6 kilometers south of Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. The village sits at around 185 meters below sea level, and in it had a population of . Kinneret Farm, an experimental"
"the armistice line was ""not to be interpreted as having any relation whatsoever to ultimate territorial arrangements."" Syria remained in possession of the lake's northeast shoreline until the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. In the 1950s, Israel formulated a plan to link the Kinneret with the rest of the country's water infrastructure via the National Water Carrier, in order to supply the water demand of the growing country. The carrier was completed in 1964. The Israeli plan, to which the Arab League opposed its own plan to divert the headwaters of the Jordan River, sparked political and sometimes even armed confrontations over"
"Kinneret is Israel's only freshwater reservoir and primary source of surface water. Kinneret provides water for use mainly in the South, where annual precipitation is relatively low compared to the North. It is also important as a source of recharge water for the Coastal and Mountain aquifers. Lake Kinneret suffers from a variable flow regime, whereby long periods of rain are followed by long periods of drought, leading to high variability in natural recharge rates. A study conducted in 2004 revealed that Increasing demand for water, even during years of drought, had led to a decline in the Lake's water"
"over the world come to be baptized every year. Israel's most well-known open water swim race, the Kinneret Crossing, is held every year in September, drawing thousands of open water swimmers to participate in competitive and noncompetitive events. Tourists also partake in the building of rafts on ""Lavnun Beach"", called Rafsodia. Here many different age groups work together to build a raft with their bare hands and then sail that raft across the sea. Other economic activities include fishing in the lake and agriculture, particularly bananas, dates, mangoes, grapes and olives in the fertile belt of land surrounding it. The"
"in ""A Whole New Life"": It was the big lake of Kinnereth, the Sea of Galilee, in the north of Israel... the scene of Jesus' first teaching and healing. I'd paid the lake a second visit the previous October... Still sleeping around me on the misty ground were a number of men in the tunics and cloaks of first-century Palestine. I soon understood with no sense of surprise that the men were Jesus' twelve disciples and that he was nearby asleep among them... Then one of the sleeping men woke and stood. I saw it was Jesus, bound toward me..."
"the early 1990s the pipeline transported approximately half of Israel's drinking water. Israel pumps its water primarily from three sources, Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), and the coastal and mountain aquifers. As of 2004, these three sources provided approximately 73% of Israel's drinking water. Israel utilizes almost all of its naturally replenishing water sources for municipal, agricultural and industrial purposes. Currently, Israeli water consumption exceeds the natural recharge rate by approximately 1 billion cubic meters per year (MCM/year). According to Israel's Ministry of Environmental Protection, overuse of Israel's water resources has negative effects on both wetlands and water ecosystems. Lake"
"on the East bank a world heritage site. The Yardenit Baptismal Site currently averages 400,000 visitors a year and attracts members of all faiths. Yardenit Yardenit (), also known as the Yardenit Baptismal Site, is a baptism site located along the Jordan River in the Galilee region of northern Israel, which is frequented by Christian pilgrims. The site is located south of the river's outlet from the Sea of Galilee, near Kibbutz Kvutzat Kinneret, which owns and manages the site. According to Christian tradition, the baptism of Jesus (Matthew, 3: 13-17) took place in Qasr el Yahud, north of the"
"South of the Kinneret lies the saltwater Dead Sea which forms the border between Israel and Jordan and is below sea level, making it the lowest water surface on Earth. The Dead Sea is long with a maximum width of and also makes up part of the Rift Valley. A peninsula juts out into the lake from the eastern shore, south of which the lake is shallow, less than deep. To the north is the lake's greatest depth. There are no navigable, artificial waterways in Israel, although the National Water Carrier, a conduit for drinking water, might be classified as"
"It was a port and fishing village. Mount Carmel and the Kishon River are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. A grotto on the top of Mount Carmel is known as the ""Cave of Elijah"", traditionally linked to the Prophet Elijah and his apprentice, Elisha. In Arabic, the highest peak of the Carmel range is called the ""Muhraka"", or ""place of burning,"" harking back to the burnt offerings and sacrifices there in Canaanite and early Israelite times Ig the 6th century BCE, during the Persian period, Greek geographer Scylax wrote of a city ""between the bay and the Promontory of Zeus"""
"by the Jordan River down-flowing from Lake Hula and the Hula valley. Two development projects in the 1950s profoundly impacted the ecosystem of Lake Kinneret: (i) Lake Hula and its marshland were drained and dried, and the soil revealed was converted to farmland. Consequently, the mineral salts composition of the water entering into Lake Kinneret was altered significantly. (ii) A water carrier was constructed and great amounts of drinking water began to be pumped and conducted from Lake Kinneret to central and south Israel. Science-based sustainable management of the lake's water quantity and quality, including understanding of the lake's biota"
"the Jordan River basin. After 5 years of drought , Sea of Galilee is expected to get to the black line. The black elevation line is the lowest depth from which irreversible damage begin and no water can be pumped out anymore. Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research describe it as ""The black line marks -214.87 m, the lowest-ever level reached since 1926 when the water level record began. According to the water authority, the Kinneret water level must not decline below this level."" In February 2018, The city of Tiberias requested a desalination plant to treat the water coming from"
"with 230 boats regularly working in the lake. Archaeologists discovered one such boat, nicknamed the Jesus Boat, in 1986. In the New Testament, much of the ministry of Jesus occurs on the shores of Lake Galilee. In those days, there was a continuous ribbon development of settlements and villages around the lake and plenty of trade and ferrying by boat. The Synoptic Gospels of Mark (1:14–20), Matthew (4:18–22), and Luke (5:1–11) describe how Jesus recruited four of his apostles from the shores of Lake Galilee: the fishermen Simon and his brother Andrew and the brothers John and James. One of"
"Khirbet Kerak Khirbet Kerak ( , ""the ruin of the fortress"") or Beth Yerah (, ""House of the Moon (god)"") is a tell (archaeological mound) located on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee in modern-day Israel. The tell spans an area of over 50 acres—one of the largest in the Levant—and contains remains dating from the Early Bronze Age (c. 3000 BC - 2000 BC) and from the Persian period (c. 450 BC) through to the early Islamic period (c. 1000 AD). ""Khirbet Kerak ware"" is a type of Early Bronze Age Syro-Palestinian pottery first discovered at this"
"carelessness lack of attention to the value of nature, the danger of loss of wild fauna and flora, and the destruction of local natural resources. In 1953, together with Azaria Alon, Prof. Heinrich Mendelssohn, Prof. Amotz Zahavi, and others, he co-founded the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI), a non-profit environmental organization working to preserve plants, animals, open spaces, and natural environments that represent biodiversity. Steinitz was appointed to a number of governmental forums and assigned to national tasks by different Ministries: Lake Kinneret is the largest aboveground freshwater reservoir in Israel. The lake is fed mainly"
"Neria, and Meron, until their final destination, the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). In April 2011, Israel unveiled the ""Jesus Trail"", a 40-mile (60-km) hiking trail in the Galilee for Christian pilgrims. The trail includes a network of footpaths, roads, and bicycle paths linking sites central to the lives of Jesus and his disciples, including Tabgha, the traditional site of Jesus' miracle of the loaves and fishes, and the Mount of Beatitudes, where he delivered his Sermon on the Mount. It ends at Capernaum on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus espoused his teachings. Many kibbutzim and moshav"